Past Times
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Past Times is a large-scale 1997 painting by Kerry James Marshall that depicts Black figures leisurely boating and picnicking on a Chicago lakefront, critically reimagining traditional American pastoral scenes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Past Times canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | painting ⓘ |
| artForm |
acrylic painting
ⓘ
collage elements ⓘ |
| artisticTheme |
African-American middle class
ⓘ
American leisure culture ⓘ critique of art-historical canon ⓘ race and representation ⓘ social history of Chicago ⓘ urban pastoral ⓘ |
| collection | private collection ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Kerry James Marshall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
American flag
NERFINISHED
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Black figures ⓘ Chicago lakefront NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Michigan (Chicago) NERFINISHED ⓘ boating ⓘ dog ⓘ golf course ⓘ high-rise buildings ⓘ leisure activities ⓘ music boombox ⓘ park setting ⓘ picnicking ⓘ radio-controlled toy boat ⓘ sheet music ⓘ suburban landscape ⓘ |
| genre |
history painting
ⓘ
pastoral art ⓘ |
| hasPart |
musical notation
ⓘ
painted text ⓘ song lyrics ⓘ |
| inception | 1997 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
American landscape painting
ⓘ
European pastoral painting tradition ⓘ |
| languageOfText | English ⓘ |
| locationOfCreation | Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Black leisure
ⓘ
reimagining of American pastoral ⓘ |
| movement |
African-American art
ⓘ
contemporary art ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | Black presence in canonical art traditions ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Kerry James Marshall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordSetFor | highest auction price for work by Kerry James Marshall at time of sale ⓘ |
| saleYear | 2018 ⓘ |
| soldAtAuction | Sotheby’s New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.